Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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